Barons Speed Shop hard tail
I got the triumph back from Barons on Wednesday. He managed to work on it over the last few days to get it back to me. New Factory Metal works hard tail. 3″ stretch 2″ drop and with shorter drop outs it really tightens up the back of the bike.
80′s era sportbikes
Ever since I saw Disk’s mean looking Suzuki GSX-R750 slab side on Motoyan’s great photoblog no future tokyo a few years ago I have been quietly contemplating buying an 80′s or early 90′s era sportbike.
NFK Disk GSX-R750
The Church of Choppers 1986 GSX-R750 project I saw later strengthened my resolve.
Church of Choppers 1986 GSX-R750
And recently seeing photos of deathspray‘s recently aquired Suzuki GSX-R 1100 has revived my idea to add one of these fast machines to my stable of slow twins.
They make a heap of sense because they are fast enough to scare the hell out of you (and more), look great unlike the modern 3d tribal tattoos that are called sport motorcycles now, and at the moment are relatively affordable, but not for too much longer I fear. I reckon the time to do it is now.
The first generation GSX-R 750 F is the one that I have always desired the most:
Some other options:
Yoshimura_1135R
1980 Yoshimura Suzuki GS1000R replica
Lets do this.
Barons Speed Shop
Ben, Bradley and I headed down to Barons on Saturday to drop off my broken bike and Bradleys new purchased smokey bike. The usual faces were down there but with the good weather came the good bikes. Gary was on his recently modified pre unit. I wasn’t into 16″ rear wheels but his bike may have just changed my mind. Dell was on the always rad Original Sin. Pete had his 1700cc (fml!!) Exile chopper with semi auto clutch, suicide shift, linked foot brake and over 18,000 miles on the clock on UK and Europe roads!
My bike is in for a new hard tail. Luckily for me Dick must have been in a good mood and said he could get it done this week all going well thanks to Giorgio giving him a hand. Looking forward to getting it back on the road.
C & C machining demo
This video isn’t so much about MC’s or helmets but shows the detail and speed at which items can be sculpted by machines.
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New rear guard
I made a new seat pan last week. I didnt like how the last one i made was sitting. This new one sits flat on the frame rails and doesnt have a cut out or dented section for the wheel to come up. Ill need to get some stiffer springs or new shocks. The rear mudguard came out alright. A lot of welding and grinding and it is starting to look alright.
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#FYBC…..0mph
So, Ben has been working on his bike a lot recently and it’s really coming a long. We were minutes away from both going to get our MOT yesterday when Ben’s carbs started acting crazy, so he’s ripped them apart and the diaphragm and floats seem fine, everything is clean and he’s re-sealed everything, so fingers crossed.. Fuck Yeah Ben Claasen…
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Barely Legal…
Finally after four sets of caliper seals, new pads, new disk, new braided hose and a bunch of bleeding (both knuckles and caliper) I eventually got the front brake to work on the Sushi Eater. So I rolled her down to my local MOT man and he did the deed, after a few giggles and confused chin scratches she passed…Either way, the little Sushi Eater is finally legal…
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